Arianne Lacanilao

Apple cider vinegar: is drinking this popular home remedy bad for your teeth? A dentist explains

Why eating at work is important – even the odd slice of cake

When England’s Food Standards Agency boss Susan Jebb recently compared eating cake at work to passive smoking, office cubicle walls across the land quivered. She told...

Want your child to eat more veggies? Talk to them about ‘eating the rainbow’

Parents of young children today were raised during some of the most damaging periods of diet culture. From diet and “lite” foods and drinks, to expensive...

Comelec eyes voter sign-up extension in flood-hit areas

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking at the possibility of extending voter registration in areas where the activity has been suspended due to the...

Business tax major contributor to Makati’s revenues

MANILA – The Makati City government attributed the 6-percent increase in its revenue collection target last year to business taxes. Of the total PHP20.9 billion collection in...

DOJ assures prison reforms; Bantag to be dismissed soon

MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) will look into the health conditions of persons deprived of liberty (PDL), among other reforms, and confirmed suspended Bureau of...

TESDA turns over 10 mobile training labs to regions

MANILA – Ten mobile training laboratories (MTLs) were turned over by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to its regional offices on Monday. The TESDA said...

NCR Covid-19 positivity rate further dips to 2.4%

MANILA – The positivity rate or the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further dropped to...

New partnerships open up limitless opportunities for PH: Marcos

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. believes that forging new networks and partnerships will open up the Philippines to “limitless” opportunities in a global economy that...

Only 11 ranking cops yet to submit courtesy resignation: PNP

MANILA – Only 11 senior police officials have yet to submit their courtesy resignation as part of the force’s intensified internal cleansing measures, Philippine National Police (PNP)...